Hi everyone..... Your imput is welcomed here :thumbsup:
As the title states....
It's not a original, but has the parts to make for a nice minibike.... Be it bogus or not, at least in my eyes it will be a nice mini because I'll be riding it up here in SACTO :thumbsup: the starting point as many of you have already seen....
Onward....
I have started with the front light for now.... The chrome is OK, but the switches are toast, one broken and the other one is frozen....
The wiring inside the housing is in perfect shape right down to the wire nuts, it's just past that point that the wiring harness is junk... Way too many hands in the thought of making electricity flow to various points in the past life of this 40 + year old minibike. So i cut the wiring just past the wire nuts and took it apart for rebuilding/plating....
I have looked for these toggel switches that were used with the ball on the end of them that were used back then. I found some on EPAY for the very reasonable price of $2.00 for a switch. Here's the link if you are in need of them for your restoration.... TOGGEL SWITCHES I have yet to have them in my hands... they are on the way and should work just fine for the light ( One will need to be modified though to work for this application) Not a big deal and they will look great once mounted back in the housing :thumbsup:
While I was on EPAY.... I picked up this NOS Hodaka ACE 100 air cleaner and mount, specific to the Hodaka engine being mounted in a Bonanza frame for a $100.00 after some dealing with the owner....
I've looked at alot of pictures of the Hodaka Bonanza.... All of them being assembled..... "EVIL ED" :thumbsup: clued me in on whats up with the "SH" Bonanza mini, Thanks Ed :thumbsup: My frame is missing a mounting bracket for the tank and my frame has seat mounts for a wood seat.... I have a "MX" fiberglass seat that Ed pointed out to me one night. I'm not a big fan of the seat hanging out over the tail light, which I will be using .... so the shorter "MX" seat will work perfect for my use. I'll be adding a third mounting bracket for the tank that Ed is building for me :thumbsup: and relocating the seat bracket so the "MX" seat is where I want it to sit on the frame....
I was also looking for a Hodaka pipe on EPAY last week.... I stumbled across this one that was not listed correctly (Good for me) it's a Strader Engineering pipe that is NOS and made for a Hodaka 90/100 engine some 40 + years ago. No model number of bike nor part number was listed in the auction as follows..... "Strader Hodaka 90/100 pipe" was how it was listed on EPAY....
I sent the EPAY auction number to Roger Lippiatt and Paul at STRICKLY HODAKA and they told me that they have never seen this particular pipe made by Strader Engineering. I bought it on a buy it now for $225.00 and now that the pipe is in my hands...... it fits the Bonanaza frame like a glove.....
BC1500 DAVE :thumbsup:
As the title states....
It's not a original, but has the parts to make for a nice minibike.... Be it bogus or not, at least in my eyes it will be a nice mini because I'll be riding it up here in SACTO :thumbsup: the starting point as many of you have already seen....
Onward....
I have started with the front light for now.... The chrome is OK, but the switches are toast, one broken and the other one is frozen....
The wiring inside the housing is in perfect shape right down to the wire nuts, it's just past that point that the wiring harness is junk... Way too many hands in the thought of making electricity flow to various points in the past life of this 40 + year old minibike. So i cut the wiring just past the wire nuts and took it apart for rebuilding/plating....
I have looked for these toggel switches that were used with the ball on the end of them that were used back then. I found some on EPAY for the very reasonable price of $2.00 for a switch. Here's the link if you are in need of them for your restoration.... TOGGEL SWITCHES I have yet to have them in my hands... they are on the way and should work just fine for the light ( One will need to be modified though to work for this application) Not a big deal and they will look great once mounted back in the housing :thumbsup:
While I was on EPAY.... I picked up this NOS Hodaka ACE 100 air cleaner and mount, specific to the Hodaka engine being mounted in a Bonanza frame for a $100.00 after some dealing with the owner....
I've looked at alot of pictures of the Hodaka Bonanza.... All of them being assembled..... "EVIL ED" :thumbsup: clued me in on whats up with the "SH" Bonanza mini, Thanks Ed :thumbsup: My frame is missing a mounting bracket for the tank and my frame has seat mounts for a wood seat.... I have a "MX" fiberglass seat that Ed pointed out to me one night. I'm not a big fan of the seat hanging out over the tail light, which I will be using .... so the shorter "MX" seat will work perfect for my use. I'll be adding a third mounting bracket for the tank that Ed is building for me :thumbsup: and relocating the seat bracket so the "MX" seat is where I want it to sit on the frame....
I was also looking for a Hodaka pipe on EPAY last week.... I stumbled across this one that was not listed correctly (Good for me) it's a Strader Engineering pipe that is NOS and made for a Hodaka 90/100 engine some 40 + years ago. No model number of bike nor part number was listed in the auction as follows..... "Strader Hodaka 90/100 pipe" was how it was listed on EPAY....
I sent the EPAY auction number to Roger Lippiatt and Paul at STRICKLY HODAKA and they told me that they have never seen this particular pipe made by Strader Engineering. I bought it on a buy it now for $225.00 and now that the pipe is in my hands...... it fits the Bonanaza frame like a glove.....
BC1500 DAVE :thumbsup:
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as you very well know .... I'm just starting on the bike and have a long way to go till the smoke thing happens :mad2: But when it happens I will share it with you via a U-TUBE video.... My son is ready to go on this part of the build (U-TUBE videos) Thanks again sgv :thumbsup:
